Huawei builds world’s biggest all-flash storage array
Huawei used its annual shindig HUAWEI CONNECT in Shanghai last week to show off its latest all-flash storage array, the OceanStor Dorado V6. And it’s a monster - with...
Western Digital exits data centre systems – sells IntelliFlash to DDN, puts ActiveScale...
Western Digital is abandoning the storage systems business and is selling the IntelliFlash array unit to DDN. It has also put its ActiveScale archival storage array business up...
NetApp takes top billing in Gartner primary array magic quadrant
Gartner’s first combined hybrid and all flash primary array magic quadrant gives higher then expected rankings to NetApp, Pure and Infinidat, including them alongside traditional leaders Dell EMC, HPE and...
Dell EMC pumps up PowerMax performance
Dell EMC is ramping up performance for its high-end PowerMax arrays by adding support for FC-NVMe and Optane storage-class memory (SCM). Customers will get up to 50 per cent...
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Dell EMC Isilon software update
The Isilon ONeFS filer OS has been updated to v8.2.1 and adds hardware accelerated in-line compression and inline...
IDC muddies Storage Tracker waters
IDC has published a September storage tracker different from last year’s tracker, making overall enterprise storage market comparisons virtually impossible.
The tech analyst firm has put out a Worldwide Quarterly...
Samsung’s open source key:value SSD is a game-changer for unstructured apps
Samsung has developed an open standard prototype key:value SSD and is working with Datrium, Minio, DDN’s Nexenta and others to productise it.
A key:value (KV) SSD implements an object-like storage...
HPE to make and supply Apeiron kit
A couple of weeks ago Apeiron and its VC backer trumpeted a global OEM deal with HPE. There is less to this than meets the eye.
Making its debut in...
Dell earnings show it pulling away from the competition
Dell Technologies pulled in £23.4bn revenues in the second fiscal 2020 quarter, up 2 per cent, and eked a massive $4.5bn profit, thanks to an income tax provision.
In a...
NetApp says so long to SAS and iSCSI with streamlined EF600 all-flash array
NetApp has announced a stripped down, hot-box, EF series all-flash array with double the performance of its predecessor.
Suggested EF600 workloads include Oracle databases, SQL Server, real-time analytics, and hig...
Enterprise storage suppliers bring their toys to VMworld
Suppliers of ancillary products are integrating themselves deeper into the VMware environment as it becomes a dominant platform for enterprise server computing. Let's look at some of the products...
A bit of a storage rounder-upper
August is coming to a close. Here is a round-up of storage news for the past few days.
AI-powered personal NAS
Say hello to Latticework’s Amber, a personal NAS that...